Enjoy a girls' trip to Aarhus
Bring your best mates to Aarhus – it’s the perfect city for a fantastic shopping trip. Whether you’re into shopping, good food, museum visits or a bit of beach time – Aarhus has it all, and it’s all within walking distance!
Aarhus is the perfect destination for a trip with the girls. Whether you’re into shopping, cultural highlights, good food or a spot of beach fun - Aarhus actually has it all, and all within walking distance!
Stay right in the city centre
Check into one of Aarhus’s lovely hotels and treat yourself. Stay centrally in the heart of Aarhus, a short distance from the city’s attractions and restaurants, or stay by the water’s edge, where you can take a morning dip in the refreshing sea.
Shopping is always a good idea …
Are you one of those people who can’t go home from a holiday without bringing a little something back with you? Aarhus offers plenty of opportunities to shop for local designs as well as well-known designer brands. On Strøget, you’ll find familiar Danish and international brands, and with coffee and juice bars conveniently spaced out between them, there are plenty of opportunities to take a break from your shopping.
In the charming and cosy Lain Quarter, high-end designer boutiques such as Marc Jacobs, Malene Birger and Isabel Marant sit side by side with cosy cafés, jewellery shops such as AMOKsmykker and smaller specialist shops such as the unique Hornvarefabrikken. The cobbled streets are among the oldest in Aarhus.
In Vestergade and the surrounding streets, you’ll find cosy designer shops such as 1+1 Textil and Karen Norup Smykker, which offer beautiful jewellery and designer goods.
Shopping and attraction in one
Situated in the heart of the pedestrianised high street 'Strøget' is the city's oldest department store Salling offering a fascinating range of articles for the entire family. Fashion, design, and quality take first priority in all 35 specialty departments.
And, of course, there is the large delicatessen with specialties from all over the world, including home-made products, cheeses, a butcher's department, a wine department, chocolates, on-site bakery, and much more.
From Street Food to Michelin
A trip to Aarhus isn't complete without a nice and cosy lunch or dinner at one of the city's many great restaurants. Try the amazing Domestic in the Latin Quarter or eat alongside the locals in the informal setting of the city's popular food market Aarhus Street Food. Several of the city's restaurants have been awarded Michelin stars, Bib Gourmand and mentions in the White Guide - the level is high and there are gastronomic experiences for all budgets.
If you're not up for going to bed early, there are a lot of exceptional wine and cocktail bars in Aarhus.
Frederiksbjerg shopping precinct
When visiting Aarhus you owe it to yourself to pay a visit to the Frederiksbjerg quarter which covers the streets of M.P. Bruunsgade, Jægergårdsgade, and Frederiks Allé. This quarter of the city is young and trend-setting. It is an area undergoing rapid development with new businesses popping up all the time. Locally the area has been called ‘the larder of Aarhus’ – and justifiably so.
Here you will find gorgeous specialist shops offering high-quality foods and delicatessens – side-by-side with charming cafés, classic Danish pubs, and excellent eating places. Jægergårdsgade – once a street of shabby pubs. Today there are a couple of the old wine bars left, and, in place of shabby pubs, lots of handicraft and design shops. There is an explosion of colours in the shops where they carry anything from Moroccan poufs to hand-thrown bowls.
You won't find a better selection in all of Aarhus when it comes to meat, wine and liquor, bread and cakes, and delicious specialties from all over the world. Pay a visit to Schweizer Bageriet, the best bakery in town, which has been here since 1897.
Unique shopping in the museum shops
In Aarhus you will find large attractions like ARoS Art Museum with the incredible Your rainbow panorama on top, Den Gamle By - The Old Town which takes you on fascinating time travel through the history of Denmark, and the architechtonical wonder Moesgaard Museum which presents amazing prehistoric artifacts and the world's best kept bog body: Grauballemanden.
And you will find great shopping here too! All three museums have inspiring shops with design, textiles, books and unique things you will not find in other cities.
